Simon Lauru (born 30 January 1972 in Vanuatu) is a player who plays for the Vanuatu national football team. His most famous goal was when he was playing against

Papua New Guinea national football team The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. Its nickname is the ''Kapuls'', which is Tok Pisin for Cuscus. Papua New Guinea's highest ...

, in the qualification group 2 to advance to the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

finals. He scored in the 91st minute of the game to draw the game 1-1, after Mauri Wasi scored for

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

in the 73rd minute.

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* 1972 births Living people Vanuatuan footballers Vanuatu international footballers Association football midfielders 2000 OFC Nations Cup players 2002 OFC Nations Cup players 2004 OFC Nations Cup players {{Vanuatu-footy-bio-stub